Texas Instruments TI-73 - Manual (Page 38)

Patterns Activity 6: Major Martian Headache
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4. Guide students to see that the rule for making antenna
muffs is heads
¦
2 = number of antenna muffs . Show
students how this also can be written as X
¦
2 =Y .
5. Ask students: If there are 67 Martians in a
community, how many antenna muffs would be
needed?
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The TI-73 displays the
multiplication symbol as an
asterisk ¦ .
6. On the TI-73, enter X
¦
2 =Y into the Y= editor.
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7. Explore for any given Martian community size by first
setting up a table of values.
a. Access the TABLE SETUP screen.
- f (above the ' key)
b. Make sure the screen looks like the one shown at
the right ( TblStart=0, @ Tbl=1, Indpnt: Auto, Depend:
Auto ).
8. Show on the TI-73 a table of values for the equation.
- i (above the * key)
9. Move around on the table and find the number of
antenna muffs needed for a community of 67 Martians.
$ and #
10. To find the number of antennas for even larger
communities, go back to the TABLE SETUP screen and
change TblStart to a larger amount, such as 1000.
- f
11. Display the table.
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